Katy Perry is a strong, independent women and she’s not afraid to show it! And ya know what, neither should you! Katy was on the cover of Forbes Magazine’s Highest-Paid Superstars 2015 issue and she’s not apologizing for “flaunting her success.”

Forbes released their list of the Top Earning Women in Music and – surprise, surprise – Beyoncé takes the number one spot with $115 million over the past year! There’s a reason why everyone calls her Queen Bey, ya’ll.

Her network might still be tanking and her synndicated talk show may have ended two years ago, but Oprah Winfrey still has plenty of power in Hollywood.

That's according to Forbes, who put the talk show queen at the top of their annual Most Influential Celebrity List. E-Poll Research's E-Score Celebrity service ranked over 7,500 famous faces based on 46 attributes, and showed that 48 percent of people surveyed still rated Oprah as influential.

The two leading ladies are among the most highly paid actresses in Hollywood, but there's a good reason for that: they have the best track record in making money. Forbes looked at the last three films that actors have starred in over the last three years, calculating the return on investment for the studios who pay their salary. Natalie topped the list, returning studios $42.70 for every dollar she's paid. Compare that to Eddie Murphy, the most overpaid star on their list, who returns a paltry $2.30 for every dollar he's paid.

Here are 12 million reasons Rihanna might have the sickest home in Los Angeles...

The singer plunked down a cool $12 million for a new pad in the LA beach community of Pacific Palisades that basically amounts to a mansion in the sky. The 11,000-square-foot house comes with 7 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, huge dining room, a 6,000 square foot backyard, swimming pool, outdoor bar area, and sun deck, according to TMZ. (What, no tennis court?) "I literally wake up every morning at 5:30 ish and stare at my pool till the sun comes up! Just waiting! #isthismylife," she tweeted.

There are lot of tours and albums that take place in a 12-month window, but only one artist can call themselves the highest paid musician in the business!

Forbes just released their annual list of the highest-paid musicians on the globe between May 2011-May 2012 and the biggest musical money-maker may surprise you. Hint: It wasn't Britney Spears, who came in second with $58 million (boosted, no doubt, by her hefty payday for judging on The X Factor). Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber didn't earn the top spot either, finishing at third and fourth with an impressive $57 million and $55 million, respectively.

It looks like taking Charlie Sheen's job came with more benefits than we realized.

In becoming the new star of Two and a HalfMen last year, Ashton Kutcher also took Charlie's position as the highest paid actor on television! The Warlock previously made $40 million for his cushy gig, but he's not even in the top 10 for earnings this time around. Ashton now holds the top spot on Forbes' latest list of well-paid actors with his $24 million check for work over the last 12 months, according to E! Online.